Sam Kbushyan, Neighbor

Sam Kbushyan, a Commissioner for the California State Board, is a longtime public servant, community leader, and civil rights advocate. He was first appointed to serve on the California State Respiratory Care Board in 2017 and reappointed in 2022 for another four years.

As the Principal of his public affairs firm, SKG, Sam is dedicated to community building, business advocacy, civic participation, and synergistic relationships.

Sam is appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and serves on the Mayor’s Advisory Transition Team.

Mayor Bass handpicked Sam for his years of dedication to public affairs, civic participation, and social entrepreneurship. He is an active member of several leading community-based organizations.

Sam serves on the board of the LA Community Alliance. In his role, Sam champions the strategic and synergistic cooperation of various stakeholders in the community to work for multiple common goals. He is also the former Executive Director and a current board member of the Immigrants Charitable Foundation.

He was a labor union organizer for the SEIU Local 434b. He devised plans to help long-term healthcare workers advocate for improving wages, working conditions, and access to healthcare. Sam successfully mobilized over thirty-thousand long-term healthcare providers through advocacy workshops, collective bargaining, and education for union members.

As a board member of the East Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Sam has advocated for small businesses, addressing specific challenges affecting business owners, the local economy, and sustainability.

Sam’s track record of social advocacy, community outreach, and education goes back to his college years when he was the Student Body President of the Los Angeles Valley College and later the Commissioner of Political Affairs at California State University Los Angeles.

As a candidate for public office, Sam’s top priorities are to combat homelessness, housing shortage and challenges, public safety, and accountability, government corruption and bureaucracy, economic development for all income brackets, lasting immigration roadmap, and viable and expedited public transportation solutions.

Sam studied political science at California State University Los Angeles, where he received his B.A. He completed his graduate degree at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married to Suzanna, and they have three children, Maria, David, and Bella, and they live in Valley Glen, CA.